Illustration: On the sheltered terrace of a Japanese workplace, three coworkers have gathered around a small table with opened lunch boxes. A high sun casts short shadows beyond the awning, and a plain analog clock inside the doorway has both hands at the top.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

昼ちゅう食しょく

chuushoku

lunch

Example sentences

  1. 今日きょうは昼食ちゅうしょくをとる時間じかんがない。

    I don’t have enough time to eat lunch today.

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  2. 昼食ちゅうしょくを食たべよう。

    Let’s eat lunch.

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  3. 昼食ちゅうしょくはいらないよ。

    I don’t want lunch.

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Kanji in 昼食

  • 昼daytime; noonOnチュウKunひる
  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる

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